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Friday, April 20, 2012

Wacky Laki Turns One!

It was exactly one year ago on April 20th that I wrote my first Wacky Laki post. I still remember trying to pick out a name for the blog and with my boyfriend's help we came up with Wacky Laki. In case you were wondering what the name means... Laki (лаки) means polishes in Russian and it just happens to rhyme with Wacky. So there you have it :)

I really don't know what possessed me to start this blog, but looking back at that first post, my goal was to swatch my stash, make some frankens and take better care of my nails. My original "stash" of ~25 polishes has long been swatched, but in the process it grew to more than 500, so you could say that I'm still working on it... My nails are in much better shape, but still have those awful days when I'm too embarrassed to even show them. I have only made a few frankens, but still hope to get to some day...

It is fun to look back at old swatches just to see how far I've come...

April 2011

April 2012

Instead of trying to recap a year worth of swatches and nail art in this post, I have started a Pinterest account for this blog. You can find it here. I thought it would be a great way to organize and sort swatches and nail art into categories. In an effort to make it complete (because I'm nuts that way), I have been going through old posts and pinning them...

So I might re-swatch some polishes when I use them again, but certainly not going to redo a year's worth. I might be wacky, but I'm not crazy! ;)

All I can say is that this blog has surpassed my expectations 100 fold. I have learned so much about polishes, ingredients, different finishes, clean up, stamping, watermarble, sponging, freehand nail art and the list goes on and on. I started the blog thinking it would be a sort of electronic diary for me. I didn't expect even one follower, let alone more than 800! I'm still in shock that so many of you choose to follow and read/look at this blog! If it was not for your lovely comments and encouraging words, I would have given up on this blog a long time ago...

Thank you for all your support this past year and I hope you will stick around for whatever comes next!

35 comments:

Happy Birthday to your blog!! Your blog is one of the best out there and so I wish you many more years of awesome Nail Art and Swatches! ;)I had the same thought about redoing all my old swatches, omg =)) We're crazy :P

YAY!!!! Congratulations! That's so awesome! I may just need to pick your brain about Pinterest. I signed up today in fact and have no idea what to do next. All I want to use it for is to put my nail stamping on there to direct more traffic to my blog-I just may email you for help-if you don't mind! I just love your blog and mine's about to turn one and I like how you did the then and now pics-may borrow that from ya!

Ура, поздравляю :) Keep on! I love your blog for perfection of swatches and nail art. I also think of reswatching some polishes, because my first swatches were pretty crappy, and some polishes deserve to be shown in a proper way, but I know it's quite unrealistic.. I'll see. Anyways, it's a great pleasure and fun to have you here in the nail bloggers world :)

Happy Blog Birthday! I've enjoyed reading your posts since I started blogging myself. It's kind of a tiring journey at times (in a good way), but I'm glad to see other people with the same interest/obsession.

I totally understand the acquiring of more polishes and nail art supplies:-D (and cuticle maintenance and blog-not-so-ready nails!) I started blogging to keep an account of polishes and nail art and random beauty/grooming stuff last June, and I'm now getting ready to go to school to become a nail tech. Funny how the blogging world kind of spurs you on! Sorry for the mini novel!

Thank you so much everyone for stopping by, saying hi, and commenting from time to time! It means so much to me and does encourage me to keep going! Also I'm so happy you liked the memes and some of you have had the same thought to reswatch! You can really see the need for perfectionism come out to play :)

I could have sworn I left a comment for this post :( HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!!!!!!I CAN'T believe your blog is only one!!! I look to your posts for inspiration and for guidance on how to achieve a good manicure! You truly are talented. Wishing you many many many more happy blogging years!Did I mention you are truly talented!?

Iam so glad you posted the "re-swatch all the polishes. I have only been blogging for a few months and get embarrassed when I look at my older posts and I want to re-swatch them so bad but I keep telling my self to leave them so I can look back and see how far I've come. Yay for one year!

About Me

I am a self proclaimed craft nerd. I love all things crafty and will try just about any of it. Favorite hobbies include carving candles, decorating cakes, and making jewelry. In my free time, I love to play with nail polish! Questions/comments? Feel free to contact me at angalek@gmail.com